STAND. COM. REP. NO.  161-08

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2008

RE:   H.B. No. 2588

      H.D. 1

Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Fourth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2008

State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committee on Public Safety & Military Affairs, to which was referred H.B. No. 2588 entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO THE UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII,"

begs leave to report as follows:

     The purpose of this bill is to ensure that those who have served our country in the armed forces will have greater opportunities to achieve their educational goals by providing resident status to veterans for tuition purposes within the University of Hawaii system.

     The Office of Veterans' Services supported the intent of this bill.  The University of Hawaii opposed this measure.

     Your Committee has amended this bill by:

(1)  Clarifying that the resident tuition will be available to veterans who are residents of any state, district, or territory, including Washington D.C., Guam, American Samoa, and the Federated States of Micronesia;

(2)  Providing that the veteran will qualify for a total of 36 months of resident tuition; and

(3)  Making technical, nonsubstantive changes for clarity, consistency, and style.

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Public Safety & Military Affairs that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 2588, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 2588, H.D. 1, and be referred to the Committee on Higher Education.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Public Safety & Military Affairs,

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CINDY EVANS, Chair